Our next stop with Laura & Greg was Hiroshima. This of course, was a repeat for Joe and I - but a very happy repeat!!! Hiroshima was just as beautiful in spring as it was in the fall. We had forgotten the many shades of green that exist. (Okinawa has one color of green - jungle!) We only had about 24 hours in Hiroshima, so we sent Laura & Greg to the Memorial & Museum, while we went to eat Hiroshima-yaki and then sake and sashimi from the Seto Inland Sea.
The next day we went to Miyajima Island. This brought back many wonderful memories and Joe and I wandered around. The large torii gate at Itsukushima (shinto) shrine had undergone some damage in a storm, so it was covered.
In the early morning, the tide was low, so were were able to walk out to the shrine.
We then sent Greg & Laura off on their own, to hike Mt. Misen and enjoy Miyajima.
Joe and I returned to one of our favorite parks......
....and enjoyed some of Miyajima's food! This was a steamed bun with conger eel.
My favorite was the deep-fried Momiji-manju!
Joe and I met Laura & Greg as they were going through Itsukushima shrine.
After that, we headed back to Hiroshima to take the Shinkansen to Kyoto!
How awesome! I wish we could have traveled by that way.
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